The impact of hepatic steatosis on portal hypertension.
Georg SemmlerBernhard ScheinerPhilipp SchwablTheresa BucsicsRafael PaternostroDavid ChromyAlbert Friedrich StättermayerMichael TraunerMattias MandorferArnulf FerlitschThomas ReibergerPublished in: PloS one (2019)
Hepatic steatosis, as assessed by CAP and liver histology, did not impact on HVPG in our cohort comprising a high proportion of patients with advanced chronic liver disease. However, high CAP values (i.e. pronounced hepatic steatosis) might lead to overestimation of liver fibrosis by 'artificially' increasing transient elastography-based liver stiffness measurements.